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Steel Letter with Map

Date: 01 12 1844
Description: Letter from Thomas Steel, Waukesha County physician and farmer, to his father, James Steel, in London, England. It includes a hand-drawn map of Milwaukee C...
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Rambo Crew Signatures

Date: 08 05 1903
Description: Signatures of the crew of the steamer Rambo.
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John Pritzlaff Hardware Co.

Date: 02 22 1899
Description: The facade of the John Pritzlaff Hardware Co., on the back cover of the Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu.
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Letter from George Bush to Lee Dreyfus

Date: 05 18 1982
Description: A friendly letter from Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush to Lee Sherman Dreyfus.
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Letter from Ronald Reagan to Lee Dreyfus

Date: 04 30 1982
Description: A friendly letter from President Ronald Reagan to Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus.
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Walt Whitman Letter, Page 2

Date: 07 17 1881
Description: The second page of a letter written by Walt Whitman regarding publishing a book he was writing.
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Participate!

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Description: Large sheet of paper used to gather ideas for the creation of the Mifflin Street Co-op mural. The top says: The mural project is underway--and we need your...
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Propositions to the Armed Bands

Date: 11 26 1861
Description: Back of printed handbill with annotations by Colonel C.R. Jennison, concerning an offer of amnesty to local rebels.
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Company C, 19th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 01 01 1900
Description: Roster of Company C from the 19th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Presented to the State Historical Society by Calvin E. Morley.
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Miriam Feingold Toilet Paper Letter

Date: 09 05 1963
Description: From a group of letters written on toilet paper by Feingold and other prisoners arrested during a demonstration in Plaquemine, La. on September 1, 1963. Th...
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Distribution of Functions Relating to Natural Resources Among State Agencies of Wisconsin

Date: 1956
Description: A detailed diagram showing the aspects of Natural Resources legislation and enforcement and its distribution among state agencies. On loan from the Wisc...
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Letter with Envelope to W.R. Taylor

Date: 06 08 1853
Description: A letter to Colonel William Robert Talylor signed "Yours in Hast, —. Hinton". The envelope is included in the upper left hand corner of the letter.
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Letter to W.R. Taylor in Cottage Grove

Date: 03 15 1853
Description: The first page of a letter written to William Robert Taylor when he lived in Cottage Grove. It was authored by someone in Stevens Point whose name is not s...
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Letter to W.R. Taylor in Cottage Grove, Second Page

Date: 03 15 1853
Description: The second page of a letter written to William Robert Taylor when he lived in Cottage Grove.
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Letter to William R. Taylor from Hinton

Date: 06 08 1853
Description: A letter to W.R. Taylor from Hinton.
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Abraham Lincoln Letter

Date: 08 29 1862
Description: A letter written by President Abraham Lincoln to Major General McClellan, written at the time of the Second Battle of Bull Run at Manassas, VA.
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New York Central Dinner Menu Exterior

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Description: Exterior of the dinner menu offered by the dining car service of the New York Central and Hudson River railroad line, with a man in a bicorne, jacket, and ...
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Faust Supper Club Menu

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Description: Menu for the Faust Supper Club, with a tinted three-quarter view photograph of the restaurant exterior within an abstract lozenge shape.
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Ace of Clubs Dinner Menu

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Description: Menu with a green and cream striped front cover. On the insert for the Western Ranch Style Dinner is an illustration of a man in a cowboy hat, kerchief, an...
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Wisconsin State Fair Letterhead

Date: 1951
Description: Letterhead for the Wisconsin State Fair, with dark blue top and a side panel along the left-hand side with roundels depicting fair activities such as fair ...

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